Mater nurses to strike

Nurses are to engage in strike action at the Mater Private Hospital in Dublin in protest over pay cuts.

Members of SIPTU and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Union are to begin the industrial action on February 1.

The unions say the move follows the unilateral decision by management at the hospital to impose pay cuts of between 5% and 7.5%.

Paul Bell from SIPTU said his members had been left with no other choice as management had "refused to have any meaningful dialogue".